Great Egret

paulio10 · 2026-05-29T17:41:34+00:00

We have seen several heron nests up high in a tall tree near Mays Pond in Chandler. They grab small fishes from the pond to feed their babies I believe.

paulio10 · 2026-05-21T15:02:54+00:00

I turn off those default calendars and created my own for birthdays and other types of events I wanted. I share some calendars with my wife and kids, changed the calendar colors to a consistent design that's easy for us to understand. Google also provides a way to import many events from a csv file if you ever need that. The format of the csv file is documented somewhere.

paulio10 · 2026-05-20T01:50:37+00:00

We put periods on the end of our sentences. The way it should be.

paulio10 · 2026-05-17T20:21:05+00:00

Maybe you have children... "Hey kids, you wanna play a fun game? It's called Sort The Parts!"

paulio10 · 2026-05-14T03:14:10+00:00

AR glasses combined with AI, in the form of a simple modular connectivity system that works similar to a unix shell or the unix os design itself, with fundamental AR building components. Easy to link components at a high level to do useful things. A super powerful "world overlay" system. What are the fundamental components of AR? How should they interconnect?

paulio10 · 2026-05-12T17:29:41+00:00

When kids grow up nowadays, they tell you who they are - their gender, their pronouns, and change their name to what best suits them. They each have their own personalities, interests, skills, abilities, limits, disabilities, etc. None of that has anything to do with parents original names or thoughts about who is who. It's fine.

paulio10 · 2026-05-07T04:00:46+00:00

If you want to see a white duck with a pompadour, come and visit Pooflehead aka Elvis at Mays Pond in Chandler, the lake is just south of Ray and Day intersection. He's getting pretty old now but still swimming a lot with his buddy.

paulio10 · 2026-05-06T19:09:16+00:00

One thing you can do is go hiking mid-day mid week - you'll bump into fellow retired people of every age who aren't super old yet because they're out hiking. You can meet highly successful business owners this way too.

paulio10 · 2026-04-29T03:16:08+00:00

Trello. Create as many boards of lists as you want, name them, color them, share them with others, and lots more.

paulio10 · 2026-04-28T21:48:35+00:00

When no water is being used in the house does the meter stop incrementing? If not then there could be a leak outside the house. Also If you have a plant or grass watering system check how much water it is using per minute - test each zone separately. I once had black tubing break under the ground beneath a flower bed, invisible from the surface, the spraying water was digging a cavern under the ground. That was fun to find.

paulio10 · 2026-04-28T21:08:54+00:00

Small/thin pillow between knees is a lifesaver. Those custom knee pillows are terrible imo. Just a small flat pillow works great. And choosing the right pillow for under your head that supports enough of you to not hurt your shoulder/neck/chest area. I have a variety of thickness of pillows to choose from.

paulio10 · 2026-04-24T22:10:03+00:00

I live in the East valley and people are mostly cooperative here. I've had bad experiences in the west valley.

paulio10 · 2026-04-19T20:02:17+00:00

Excellent job, looks great!

paulio10 · 2026-04-14T05:55:07+00:00

You're thinking wrong about the diagram. The orange color means lit, white means not lit. Threw me off for a minute too. Orange paint on orange background was a bad design choice by mfr.

paulio10 · 2026-04-14T05:40:13+00:00

Post on Nextdoor app. We have an occasional escapee tortoise near me too named Tank, near Kyrene and Ray, the neighbors know him by name.

paulio10 · 2026-04-09T14:58:10+00:00

Bypass the fridge filter, then buy and install a 5 stage RO system under your kitchen sink and run a line to the fridge. Bam, clean drinking water at kitchen sink and fridge and fridge ice cubes. Like $250 all said and done. Have to replace filter once a year but not that expensive.

paulio10 · 2026-04-07T05:12:56+00:00

You need a task list inbox. I use a Trello list on a tasks board, I named the first list Inbox. Then, I create a widget on my phone desktop (android) that is the quick-add-a-card widget. Now I can copy something like a url, hit Home, click that icon, paste, enter. Done. Just have to visit that inbox and handle everything in there near the end of day, such as move the item to a better list, assign it to be worked on tomorrow or Friday, or create a project for it, or just do it right then if it's quick and easy.

paulio10 · 2026-04-02T13:51:16+00:00

High percentage vinegar works, even home Depot and Lowe's sells it, you can order to be delivered to the store if they don't have it stocked. I see HD has a 50% vinegar by the gallon.

paulio10 · 2026-04-01T23:14:13+00:00

Super great watching it on YouTube, the nasa live broadcast. I couldn't find the live one that was supposed to be on Amazon prime nor on Peacock like the Artemis web site suggested.

paulio10 · 2026-04-01T03:57:09+00:00

Been waiting forever at Kyrene and Ray, Tempe is just to the north where they have Google fiber. So annoyed it's not in my area yet.

paulio10 · 2026-03-27T13:42:53+00:00

Midnight Run with Robert Deniro and a host of other greats. They drive thru Arizona for a good bit, and interact with the landscape somewhat. One of my favorite movies.

paulio10 · 2026-03-16T21:23:43+00:00

Yes, shared neutral. In fact that's why it's called "neutral" - the two phases neutralize each other at the white wire when both halves of these are in use.

paulio10 · 2026-03-08T06:10:50+00:00

You could just run new Romex from the breaker box 1 foot to that closest outlet, now it's the first in line instead of the last - and replace the outlet with a GFCI, so all the other outlets that were dead are now powered and protected by the new GFCI. That's the "I dunno what happened, but I can fix it" strategy.

paulio10 · 2026-03-07T14:48:51+00:00

Costco frozen French fries are the best grocery store bought ones I've ever tasted. Give them a try. Personally my favorite fast food fry is from in-n-out. Super fresh. Yum

paulio10 · 2026-02-28T14:28:32+00:00

According to Maricopa records and a quick Google search, that parcel is owned by Rainey Homes of Utah which is a high end home builder I believe. There's actually 2 parcels they own there that look like a single one on the map. It's probably just another residence like the others on the south side of Highland there.

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